Wall-mounted appliance cabinet with appliance supports, an electrical outlet and a cord management system
a technology for managing systems and appliances, applied in the field of wall mounted cabinets, can solve the problems of not being able to accommodate electrical appliances used for routine grooming, appliances such as electric razors, hair dryers and/or curling irons, are typically too large for the space between shelves of medicine cabinets, and appliances risk falling off shelves, etc., to facilitate the use of appliances
Active Publication Date: 2008-07-17
SMITH RANDELL E
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[0006]To solve one or more of the problems set forth above, in an exemplary implementation of the invention, a wall mountable cabinet with clamps for holding an electrical appliance, an electrical outlet for supplying electrical power to the appliance, and an electrical cord management device for controllably extending and retracting the cord to facilitate use of the appliance and storage of the cord is provided. The wall mountable cabinet includes a housing defining an interior compartment with a top, bottom, left side and right side; a door hingedly mounted to the housing; a plurality of supports
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While conventional medicine cabinets are useful for holding a variety of small objects such as medicines and toiletries, they are not well suited to hold electrical appliances used for routine grooming.
Appliances such as an electric razor, hair dryer and / or curling iron are typically too large for the spaces between shelves of a medicine cabinet.
Additionally, even if adequate space is provided on a shelf, an appliance risks falling from a shelf when the door is open.
Furthermore, the interior compartment typically lacks any electrical outlet and cord management system.
In such cases, excess cord may dangerously drape into a sink, upset objects standing on the edge of the sink or a vanity countertop and create an unsightly mess.
To avoid the hassle of storage, many users leave the appliances plugged in and / or resting on the edge of the sink or a vanity countertop, despite the danger of electrocution, risk of damage to the appliance and unsightly mess.
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[0027]Referring to FIGS. 1 and 9, in which like parts are indicated with the same reference numerals, various views of an exemplary cabinet 100 with clamps 170 for holding an electrical appliance 120, an electrical outlet 130 receives a plug 125 to supply electrical power to the appliance 120, and a plurality of electrical cord management devices 140-150 for controllably extending and retracting the cords 135 to facilitate use of the appliance 120 and storage of the cord 135 are conceptually shown. The exemplary cabinet 100 includes a main housing 105 defining a storage compartment 105. The exemplary cabinet 100 also includes means for holding contents. A plurality of support members 160, 165 and 170 are operably coupled to the back wall 240 (as shown in FIG. 2) of the housing 105. As shown in FIG. 2, the back wall 240 includes a plurality of engagement slots 235 configured to receive upper and / or lower engagement tabs (e.g., tabs 605, 720 and 725, and 810 as shown in FIGS. 6 throug...
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A wall mounted cabinet includes a plurality of removable supports configurable for holding a variety of objects, including an electrical appliance, one or more shelves and cups. The cabinet also includes one or more apertures for electrical outlets for supplying electrical power to the appliance. An electrical cord management device is provided for controllably extending and retracting the cord to facilitate use of the appliance and storage of the cord.
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RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisional application 60 / 885,049, filed Jan. 16, 2007, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by this reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates generally to wall mounted cabinets of the type used in residential dwellings as medicine cabinets to store medicines and toiletries, and more particularly, to a cabinet with clamps for holding an electrical appliance, an electrical outlet for supplying electrical power to the appliance, and an electrical cord management device for controllably extending and retracting the cord to facilitate use of the appliance and storage of the cord.BACKGROUND[0003]Medicine cabinets with shelves are well known in the art. They allow a user to store a number of objects such as medicines and toiletries. Conventional medicine cabinets commonly include a shallow and forwardly open cabinet housing adapted to fit into a correspondingly sized openin...
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CPCA47B67/00H02G3/10H02B1/42
Inventor SMITH, RANDY
Owner SMITH RANDELL E